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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Ex-Harvard Med School Morgue Manager Helped Steal Corpses
Harvard is in the news a lot this week — mostly about lawsuits and executive orders and the like. But the prestigious university is also relevant for another reason: its former Medical School Morgue Manager has admitted to helping steal corpses. According to the Associated Press, Cedric Lodge, 57, pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to the interstate transport of stolen remains. The crime carries up to 10 years in prison. Lodge was hardly alone in this crime though, which included the theft of hands, feet, heads, and other body parts stolen from corpses. Federal prosecutors say that Lodge was part of a nationwide network of people who were buying and selling stolen body parts. Lodge's wife, Denise was also involved in the scheme, coordinating the online sales of at least two dozen hands, two feet, nine spines, parts of skulls, five dissected human faces, and two dissected heads. The body parts were stolen from Harvard and a mortuary in Arkansas. The bodies stolen from Harvard had been donated to the school for research. A previous article from the AP detailed that Cedric would take the body parts home from work and store them in the couple's home. Sometimes, they would mail the stolen parts to customers. Other times, Cedric would allow people to come to the morgue and allow people to select which parts they wanted. Cedric was fired from Harvard on May 6. 'We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others,' Harvard Medical School deans George Daley and Edward Hundert said in a shared statement. 'The reported incidents are a betrayal of HMS and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research.' Ex-Harvard Med School Morgue Manager Helped Steal Corpses first appeared on Men's Journal on May 23, 2025
USA Today
23-05-2025
- USA Today
Ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to trafficking organs, brains, other remains
Ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to trafficking organs, brains, other remains Lodge and his co-conspirators would sometimes ship the stolen human remains through the United States Postal Service, court documents say. Show Caption Hide Caption Pennsylvania man charged with buying human body parts online A Pennsylvania man has been charged with abuse of a corpse and receiving stolen property for allegedly trying to buy human remains online. unbranded - Newsworthy, unbranded - Newsworthy Organs, brains, skin, hands, faces and dissected heads are examples of the human remains stolen and trafficked by a former morgue manager at Harvard University, the ex-employee admitted in federal court. Cedric Lodge, 57, pleaded guilty on May 21 in the Middle District of Pennsylvania to the interstate transport of stolen human remains, Acting U.S. Attorney John Gurganus announced on May 22. From 2018 through at least March 2020, Lodge was involved in the sale and trafficking of human remains stolen from Harved Medical School's morgue in Boston, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. attorney's office. At the time of the crimes, Lodge was employed as the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue. The stolen remains came from donated cadavers after they were used for research and teaching purposes, federal prosecutors said. Before they could be disposed of, Lodge took the remains without the knowledge or permission of Harvard, the donor of the cadavers or the donor's family, according to the U.S. attorney's office. "We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others," George Daley, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Edward Hundert, dean for Medical Education, said in a joint statement in 2023. "The reported incidents are a betrayal of (the Harvard Medical School) and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research." Who bought the stolen human remains? Once in Lodge's possession, he transported the remains to his home in New Hampshire. After Lodge and his wife, Denise Lodge, sold the remains, they would ship them to buyers in other states, or the buyer would purchase them directly and transport the body parts themselves, the U.S. attorney's office said. According to federal prosecutors, the stolen remains sold by Lodge were transported from the morgue in Boston to various locations in Salem, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. Lodge admitted to selling the remains to multiple individuals who have since pleaded guilty, including Jeremy Pauley, Joshua Taylor, Andrew Ensanian, Matthew Lampi and Angelo Pereyra. According to court documents obtained by USA TODAY, Ensanian and Pereyra bought and transported remains worth $5,000 or more. Lodge, his wife and Taylor would communicate with potential buyers of the stolen human remains through social media websites and cell phones, an indictment against the three says. According to the court document, the group sometimes shipped the remains through the U.S. Postal Service to Pennsylvania and elsewhere. When will Cedric Lodge be sentenced to prison? Another individual involved in the scheme was Candace Chapman-Scott, who stole remains from an Arkansas crematorium where she was employed and sold them to Pauley in Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors said. She pleaded guilty in Arkansas federal court and was sentenced to 15 years. The only person who has not pleaded guilty or been convicted is Katrina Maclean, who federal prosecutors allege helped Lodge, his wife, and Taylor. According to a criminal complaint, Maclean owns Kat's Creepy Creations, a studio and store in Peabody, Massachusetts. As of May 23, court records do not show that Lodge has a sentencing date scheduled. Contributing: Eric Lagatta/ USA TODAY Jonathan Limehouse covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at JLimehouse@
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Yahoo
Person in critical condition after being shot in head in Chelsea
A person sustained life-threatening injuries in a late-night shooting in Chelsea Wednesday, police said. Chelsea police went to the area of Webster Avenue and Broadway around 10 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a possible stabbing. Arriving officers found a 33-year-old from Chelsea on the ground with a significant gunshot wound to their head, Police Chief Keith Houghton said in a statement. The person was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where they underwent emergency surgery, police said. They are listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. Detectives on scene collected ballistic evidence and are canvassing the area for video, Houghton said. 'This was a brazen act of violence in a busy area of our city,' he said in the statement. Due to the severity of the person's injuries, police notified Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office of the shooting. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact police at 617-466-4810. Anonymous tips can be submitted on social media or at 617-466-4880. Ex-Harvard morgue manager to plead guilty in stolen body parts case Maryland man accused of coercing Mass. teen to travel for commercial sex ICE arrests Brazilian woman charged with raping child on Cape Cod Marion police arrest boarding school employee accused of exposing himself to students FBI, Mass. DEP recover 131 explosive, hazardous chemicals from Hadley man's house
